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Chart 2. Inflow of FDI to the new EU member states in 2003-2007 (USD billion)
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Table 1. Value of FDI inflow to the new EU Cen- growth over 2006. This tendency is highly posi-
tral and Eastern Europe member states (USD tive, indicating growing Poland’s attractiveness
billion) for foreign investors. Equity capital spending
2004 2005 2006 2007 remained stable, whereas other capital inflows
Poland 13.1 10.4 19.2 17.6* showed slight 12% decrease.
Romania 6.4 6.5 11.4 9.8
Czech Republic 5.0 11.7 6.0 9.1 III. Economic activity of companies with foreign
Bulgaria 3.5 3.9 7.5 8.4
capital in 2006 (according to Polish Statistical
Hungary 4.5 7.7 6.8 5.6
Office)
Slovakia 3.0 2.1 4.2 3.3
1. Number of companies with foreign capital
Estonia 1.0 2.9 1.7 2.5
in 2006.
Latvia 0.6 0.7 1.7 2.2
Lithuania 0.8 1.0 1.8 1.9
In 2006 Polish Statistical Office (GUS) record-
Slovenia 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.4
ed in Poland 18,015 companies with foreign
Source: World Investment Report 2008 capital, 7% more than in 2005. Among 1831
* Based on preliminary data. Final FDI inflow was USD new entities with foreign capital, the vast major-
23.0 bn. ity (1675 companies) was greenfields. Among
all the companies, the major group (14,500 or
81.4%) was small companies, i.e. those employ-
II. FDI in Poland (according to the National ing up to 49 people. The greatest importance,
Bank of Poland) however, had 1008 large companies (employing
over 250 persons), which accounted for 60% of
According to the National Bank of Poland in share capital, 58% of fixed asset outlays and
2007 FDI in Poland amounted to EUR 16,582 71% of employment.
million. It increased by EUR 1,521 million (10% In terms of the business sector, the 28.5% of all
increase over 2006). The profile of the foreign companies were active in trade and repairs sec-
capital inflow in the form of FDI in 2007 is pre- tor, 27.9% operated in industrial processing sec-
sented below. tor and 22.1% offered real estate and business
services.
Table 2. FDI inflow to Poland in 2006 & 2007 As far as the country of origin of investors is
(million EUR) concerned, the greatest number of companies
were those with German capital (5,718), fol-
Year Elements of capital inflow Total lowed by Dutch (1,944) and French (1,075) in-
Equity Reinvested Other vestments.
capital profits capital
2006 5,632 4,359 5,071 15,061
2. Employment in companies with foreign
2007 5,481 6,615 4,486 16,582
capital.
Source: National Bank of Poland 2008
In 2006 the companies polled by GUS em-
The figure of EUR 16,582 million consists of ployed 1,313,359 people. The greatest number,
funds for the purchase of Polish companies’ 923,973 persons, was employed by the largest
shares (EUR 5,481 million), reinvested profits companies. The number of employees in me-
(EUR 6,615 million) and other capital flows dium-sized companies (50-249 employees) was
(EUR 4,486 million). 269,887 people (21%) of total employment.
It shall be noted that in 2007 reinvested profits Small companies represented only 9% of em-
were the major component of FDI, making up ployment in all companies with foreign capital
almost 40 % of all FDI inflows, recording 50% (119,499 employees).
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